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CVE-2014-1756

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1, when the Simplified Chinese Proofing Tool is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Microsoft Office Chinese Grammar Checking Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2007-sp3, 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2, 2013, 2013-sp1

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-023
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-023

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